"I pin my hopes to quiet processes and small circles in which vital and transforming events take place" - RUFUS JONES

Informed reports, reviews and commentary on happenings and discoveries in the
world of crop circles,
provided by the Southern Circular Research
organisation.

ARCHIVE
: April 2002

FIRST UK FORMATION OF THE YEAR ARRIVES - 19/04/2002

The joy and the madness begin… The first UK crop formation of the year has now been discovered at Soberton, Hampshire, and was first reported on 12th April, visible from the B2150 road from Droxford to Hambledon. It’s a traditional simple start – a modest sized ringed circle in oilseed rape. Here we go, then… For more on this and future reports on the many other formations expected to arrive in the coming months, check out our friends at www.cropcircleconnector.com (see link at foot of this page).

THE GLASTONBURY SYMPOSIUM 2002 - 18/04/2002

The twelfth Glastonbury Symposium, the longest-running and largest annual crop circle gathering, takes place this summer in July… Come and join in!

FORTEAN TIMES SAYS ‘UFOLOGY IS DEAD’ - 13/04/2002

As part of the PR for its recent conference, the editor of ‘Fortean Times’ has declared ‘the science of ufology dead', as ANDY THOMAS recounts…

AUSTRALIAN ARCHIVE CROP CIRCLE REPORTS UNEARTHED - 13/04/2002

New information has come forward concerning previously unknown Australian crop formations from years past, as ANDREAS MÜLLER notes…

As part of its continuing financial restructuring, NASA has recently withdrawn its remaining commitment to the Arecibo installation in Puerto Rico, which was, of course, from where the famous 1974 binary message echoed in the 2001 Chilbolton crop formation was sent. As one who believes ETs were indeed responsible for the Chilbolton events, is there a connection with the timing of this funding withdrawal asks DOUG ROGERS..?